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A LITTLE TREAT!!!

April 6, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Firstly, I want to thank everyone who has stopped by my blog in the last few days with the ESAD Autumn Mini Catalogue Blog Hop. Thank you for all your encouraging comments. I can see everyone will be getting their Circle Scissors out now!!! LOL I hope you were inspired by all the lovely creations on the Hop!

On Sunday I took some time out from preparing for upcoming classes and workshops to do some stamping for ME!! That is a very rare thing for me to do. It was so nice to stamp something just for the fun of it!

I inked up my new clear mounted set “A Little Treat”. I have seen on different blogs creating a sky by sponging and I have been wanting to try it for some time. I thought it would work well with this set. If you want to see how to do it just pop over to my good friend Andrea and see. I just used 3 scallop circles for my clouds. I really like the effect the sponging creates. I love sponging it is so relaxing!!! I sponged the sky on 2 different Whisper White card pieces.

I stamped the tree from “Thoughts and Prayers” in Old Olive ink to the bottom of the smaller White pieces. I stamped the basket firstly on Ruby Red card in Ruby Red ink and then on Chocolate Chip card with Chocolate Chip ink. I cut the different parts out to create the coloured basket. I adhered this to the smaller Whisper White card. I layered them onto the larger whisper White and then to the Ruby Red base. I stamped the greeting from “Sincere Salutations” on Baja Breeze Patterns DSP and punched a circle with the 1 3/4″ circle punch. I sponged the edge of the circle with Chocolate Chip ink and adhered this over the basket to create the balloon.

A fun project!! I hope to get to use this set again very soon. It works so well with the Treat Cups too.

The next leg of the ESAD Blog Hop will continue tomorrow (7th). I will put details up tomorrow for you to join in. There is more blog candy up for grabs, so don’t miss out.

Thanks for stopping by 🙂

3D projects, cards, Uncategorized

EASTER TREATS!!!

March 23, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Two weeks ago I held my Easter Gift Packaging Classes. These were the projects they all got to make.

There were 2 Easter cards, a Chocolate Treat Slider and a Treat Cup Box. I used the Kaleidoscope DSP in the Summer Mini (which by the way, there is only just over 1 week left so you better stock up on this paper and any of the other goodies in the Mini Catalogue!). I picked out the colours in the papers so it is not the usual pastel colours you might normally use for Easter. I think they are bright and funky! I didn’t have any Easter stamps so I had to think outside the square – or oval as the case may be! LOL

For the first card and the Treat Pull, I used the Sale-A-Bration set ‘Vintage Labels’.

For the card I stamped and heat embossed the oval frame in Gold Embossing Powder onto Tempting Turquoise and then punched it out with the Wide Oval Punch. I tied a bow with Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain ribbon. This was mounted on Whisper White and the edges sponged with Certainly Celery Ink. It was then matted on Certainly Celery card. Before adhering it to the base Turquoise card I stamped the bottom edge with the small flowers from ‘Short and Sweet’. I scalloped the edge of the Pink Passion card strip with the eyelet border punch. I stamped and embossed in Gold EP the words “Best Wishes” from the ‘Vintage Labels’ set. Added a strip of Certainly Celery card behind it and adhered it to the base card.

You might have seen these chocolate treat sliders/pulls around on other blogs. I found when I made one up it was so tiny you could only fit a chocolate in about the size of the credit card. Now that is not good enough!!!! So, as usual I adjusted all the measurements to fit a larger size chocolate bar. If you want the metric measurements for this then email me.

I stamped the cardstock for the treat pull before assembling. It is so much easier let me tell you!!!!! I wrapped around a strip of the Kaleidoscope DSP that I had punched the edges with the eyelet border punch. I stamped the circle label from ‘Vintage Labels’ in Turquoise on Turquoise card and punched it out using the scallop circle punch. I stamped it again in Glorious Green onto Gable Green and punched it out with the 1″ circle punch. These were layered with mounting tape. I punched out a slot with the horizontal slot punch and threaded the Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon through. This is such a great gift for someone – and so simple!!!

Here is the second card and the treat box.

The second card I punched out 3 ovals with the large oval punch from various pieces of the Kaleidoscope DSP. I sponged the edges with matching inks and adhered them to the Whisper White card. The edges were sponged in Regal Rose ink. This was mounted on Regal Rose cardstock. I created the fringe to resemble grass from Certainly Celery cardstock and then stamped the “For You” on the strip. I added a strip of the Kaleidoscope DSP onto the base Tempting Turquoise card and paper pierced along the top. It is hard to see that, I know!!! This card is just like an Easter Egg Hunt card!

The box I created myself. I wanted to used the Treat Cups in someway for Easter. It is a very simple box and I added the treat Cup to the top so you can see the yummy Easter eggs inside. OK, so it is empty. Believe me they were yummy!!! Stamp the cardstock before assembling and you can decorate it as you like.

I am planning to put together a tutorial for this box so stop by in the next day or so. In the meantime, Happy Stamping!!

cards, Workshops

WILD ABOUT YOU!!

March 16, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I thought I would show you these projects from a workshop last week. As many of the guests had young children, or grandchildren I wanted to show some projects they can make for or with their kids. I have to say, the young ones that were there enjoyed it!! It is using the fun set ‘Wild About You’.

The box on the bottom right is a Sunny Boy/Sour Cream container. You may have seen these on your blog travels before. They are so simple to make even for young ones. They can be filled with a small gift or some choccies or lollies. I have used the eyelet border punch along the top of the Tempting Turquoise topper and tied some Turquoise ribbon around it. I used the free Sale-A-Bration set ‘Vintage Labels’. I stamped the round label several times on different coloured card and punched them out with the scallop circle punch and smaller circle punches. This is such a great set to create labels on your projects and cards. It comes with 4 labels and 3 greetings. You still have time to get one for Free when you place a $100 order.

Back to the projects!! The scrap page on the left is a 6″x6″ page. I actually started with double the length ie 12″x6″ and scored that at 6″x6″. Or a full size A4 card cut on the short side at 14.8cm and then scored on the long side at 14.8cm. I folded it in half and adhered them together placing adhesive along the sides only. This creates a pocket. Sometimes on a 6″x6″ page there is not much room for journalling so I created a small pull-out tag that can slip into the pocket. This provides more room for journalling or additional photos. Here is a close-up of it. I can’t claim credit for this idea. I got the idea from the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website!!!

The card they made was a fun card to look like a film strip. I used the spiral punch to punch down the both sides of a strip of black cardstock. Three of the animals were stamped on small squares of whisper white card and adhered to the black strip. The red base card was stamped with the sanded background stamp in Real Red ink. Then the black strip was added to the red base card. Stamp the ‘wild about You’ text in real red and punch that out using the large oval punch. Sponge the edges in real red ink and add a staple. Use mounting tape to raise the oval off the card for dimension. I had made another card showing a stepped-up version. This time I stamped the animals twice. Once on the squares and once on scrap white card. I cut these ones out and raised them using mounting tape. I coloured in some spots on the giraffe with a real red marker. I punched out a circle using the 1 1/4″ circle punch from Turquoise cardstock. I like this version, it is very cute!!!

What do you think???

You still have a couple of weeks left to get your free Sale-a-bration set so contact me to place your $100 order. Don’t forget if you join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration, not only will you get a great value starter kit but you receive a stamp set free to the value of $79.95. So come and join my team. I have been able to totally fund my addiction hobby through Stampin’ Up! and I have met so many lovely people, so contact me for more information.

Happy Stamping!!!

cards, Challenges, Tutorials

BUTTERFLIES AND BLING!!!

March 4, 2010March 4, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I’ve been a bad blogger this week! Sorry about that. I have been very busy creating, but they are for upcoming classes so I can’t show you them yet. I just realised though that I hadn’t shown you this card. On our team forum we had a challenge last month. To make a card with purple, blue and green AND to have butterflies and bling! How to combine all that on a card????

I wasn’t sure where to start. I had borrowed the “Priceless” set and wanted to use that, and I have been wanting to try a triple panel card too. So, I played around with that.

Here is a close up of the BLING!!

I used Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace and Certainly Celery. I don’t usually use the Soft Subtles colours but I liked these together.

Stamps: Priceless, Best Wishes and More.

Card: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace, Whisper White.

Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace. (Ink pad and markers).

Other: Corner Rounder Punch, 1 1/4″ square punch (notches on the end of the text), 2 way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge, mounting tape, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon.

Here are the dimensions for the panels so you can make one up yourself. I apologise in advance for the “exactness” of the measurements. I like to have a 2mm border around my card edges, so working down from the base card it can get a bit “precise”. You change it to how you like.

Base Card: 29.6cmx10.5cm (Australian standard card size), scored at 14.8cm. (Lavender Lace)

Mat: 14.4cmx10.1cm (Bashful Blue)

2nd Mat: 14cmx9.7cm (Certainly Celery)

Panel Card: 13.2cmx9.3cm (Whisper White). Stamp image first before cutting. Cut card at 4.4cm and 8.8cm.

Got all that!!! Why don’t you try one yourself! I’m off to do more creating.

Don’t forget to get your FREE stamps for Sale-A-Bration. You have until the end of March to place an order for $100 and then choose your Sale-A-Bration set. Easy as that! Now is the good time to stock up on your inkpads and cardstock. If you don’t have your own Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator then you can email me your order and I can have it sent directly to you anywhere in Australia. You can click on the link in the right hand side bar to check out the catalogues.

Happy Stamping!! 🙂

cards, swaps, Techniques, Uncategorized

IT’S TEAM SWAP TIME AGAIN!!

February 24, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Last week we had our first team meeting for the year with Ness’ Inkyfingers. I love these meetings. I come away with such inspiration and encouragement. Each month we have a team swap and although not everyone gets involved, it is always a great way of getting ideas.

Here are our team swaps. This month was Sale-A-Bration.

The ribbon loop on the left is a bookmark by Jennifer. Leonie has a gorgeous card with the Vintage Labels. It has the French Script background stamp (Sorry, you can’t see that too well!). The little cello bag with jelly snakes and the Good Neighbours topper was by Sarah. I love how Sarah hung the tag from a hole in the eyelet punch border. My card is on the right. I have more details on that below. Andrea’s gorgeous card is at the bottom. You can check that one out further on her blog. Don’t you love the sparkles! One day I will get a new camera that will take clearer photos!!!

My swap card was inpired by a card I saw on Splitcoast by stampingwithamy.com. It is so simple but really lovely. She had white ribbon along the bottom, but since I didn’t have any I went for the card strip and crimped card strip overlay. That worked OK I think!!!

The sponged square was using the reverse masking technique. I cut the shape from scrap card stock. I used Dotto, a removal adhesive, to hold this piece while I sponged onto the card. The scrap card can be easily removed to show the “neat” area!! I then stamped the image with a darker tone of colour and added the greeting. It was then simply a matter of adhering this to the base card and adding the same colour as the base card for the bottom strip and a crimped piece in the lighter shade on top.

I had made these cards for my Stamp-A-Stack this month and had several colour combinations.

On the left is Brocade Blue and Night of Navy, The middle Regal Rose and Rose Red, and the right, Tempting Turquoise and Taken with Teal. Each one was using one of the images from the Sale-A-Bration set ‘Happy Moments’. This is such a lovely set and is so versatile. There are 4 images and 3 greetings you can use for any occasion.

Have you got your free set yet. You have until the end of March to place an order of $100 and you can choose 1 of 4 great sets for FREE. So, stock up on your cardstock and ink and grab a stamp set or a punch. These are great sets and won’t be available after March. I can have

cards, Workshops

HAPPY VALENTINES!!

February 12, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Well, This is a weekend of LOOOOVE!! I have a workshop tomorrow and the hostess has asked for some Valentines goodies! I thought I would show you these now as I know nobody from the workshop will be looking at these before tomorrow!!

These are the projects I am showing.

Here are some close-Ups for you.

This is a 6″x6″ page. I won’t go into details. I think it is straight-forward.

Card: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo DSP.

Ink: Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip Marker, Chocolate Chip.

Stamps: Priceless, Whimsical Words (SAB).

Other: Wide Oval Punch, Rhinestone Brads, Mounting Tape.

Actually on this page I have used the Regal Rose but the one I am showing tomorrow has 2 red hearts in the top left and the text uses Real Red and Chocolate Chip Marker.

This is the bag.

This is such a cute bag to make and so easy. I found the template at Mel’s blog here. I stamped the label from Vintage Labels (SAB set) first on Regal Rose then on Whisper White. I punched out the Regal Rose with the wide oval punch. I punched out the White label with the 1 1/4″ circle punch and layered it on the Regal Rose oval with mounting tape. The paper is from the Pink Flamingo DSP again. You can’t tell from the photo but I created the handle by punching a strip of Real Red card with the Lace Eyelet Border Punch on either side of the strip to create a fancy edge. The hearts are from Priceless set again.

While I was at it I created another bag.

This one was using the Ski Slope DSP (retired from Spring Mini). I created a label from the Vintage Labels and punch it out with the scallop circle punch. Punched some holes out with my crop-a-dile and threaded through some Real Red grosgrain ribbon. A very quick bag. This is the Lucky Door Prize. I have put in a cello bag with some goodies in.

Onto the card which is the Make and Take.

The hostess asked for heat embossing too. It had to be very simple as many of the guests haven’t even stamped before. I have used the set “Happy Heart”. I stamped the Tic-Tac-Toe grid along the bottom in Real Red. I matted this on Chocolate Chip scalloping the top strip. I stamped and clear embossed the heart on to Real Red card. I need to take better photos, you can’t see the shimmering heart!!! After I cut it out I mounted it onto some Whisper White cardstock that I had sponged the edges with Red ink and stamped the text on. The piece was matted onto Chocolate Chip card. It was all put together on Real Red card base.

There you have it. Now there is still time to get some of these projects done to give to your loved one!!!

Happy Valentines!

cards

HEARTFELT!!!

February 6, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I recently borrowed “Heartfelt Thanks” set from Ness. I thought it would be a good 2-step set for my family stamping this week. This is the card we ended up doing. It is a very simple one. I love this colour combo. I use it quite a bit.

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, French script.

Card: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip.

Ink: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip.

I stamped the “French Script” background stamp on Ruby Red. I scalloped a strip of Chocolate Chip card and adhered this above the Ruby Red. I stamped the solid flower image in Baja Breeze and then used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the outline in Chocolate Chip. The greeting was stamped in Ruby Red on Baja Breeze and the edge was sponged in Ruby Red ink. This strip was raised on mounting tape over the flower image.

This is the second card I made.

On this second card I stamped the flower head image 3 times in Regal Rose and then stamped the outline in Rose Red. I matted it on Certainly Celery. I used the scallop edge punch to scallop the edge. I then adhered this to Rose Red card. I stamped the text in Rose Red on the Certainly Celery card. Some Rose Red Double stitched ribbon finished it off!

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Baroque Motifs.

Card: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Rose Red.

Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red.

Other: Mounting Tape, Rose Red Double Stitched Ribbon.

There you go. Some simple cards with a set that is not used very often now. I had fun playing with them though. I hope you like!!!!

Happy Stamping!

cards, Challenges

ESAD COLOUR CHALLENGE!

January 29, 2010January 29, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Hi Everyone! Firstly, I want to say a BIG Thank You to everyone who stopped by my blog for the Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop, and Thank You to all your lovely comments. It was very encouraging!

The ESAD group are at it again. This time Leonie has set us a colour challenge. The colours are:

RIDING HOOD RED PUMPKIN PIE

OLD OLIVE BASHFUL BLUE

I would never have thought of using these colours together so I wasn’t sure how they would look, but I was really pleased with the result. It is quite a bright funky card!!!! I got the layout for this card from last year’s UK Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. I was quite impressed with myself too as I used several different techniques. Can you pick them???

I have used Direct to Rubber, 2-step stamping and Rock and Roll. There was a bit of cutting involved but it was fun to do.

Stamps: Good Friend, Hello Again.

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Ruby Red (sshh!!)

Card: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, Old Olive.

Other: Mounting Tape, Corner Rounder Punch, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon.

You can join in the colour challenge if you want. Create your card and then stop by Leonie’s Blog and leave a comment with your link. You have until January 31. So get creating!

Blog Hops, cards

SALE-A-BRATION IS HERE!!!

January 25, 2010January 25, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Sale-A-Bration starts today! This is one of the best times of the year! You might be joining me here from Gardenia’s blog as part of the ESAD-SU Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop, or you might be starting from here. Either way, Welcome to my world!

If you have just joined in then let me fill you in! I am a member of an online YAHOO group – ESAD-SU. This stands for EXTRA SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN DEMONSTRATORS FOR STAMPIN’ UP! This group is for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators in Australia and New Zealand and provides great support, information and often challenges, swaps and cyberstamps. If you are a demonstrator and haven’t joined in yet why not stop by. Leonie S will have all the details there as to how to join.

This blog hop is to showcase the great sets in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. You can receive one of these sets for FREE with a $100 order. How exciting!! Just place your order with your local demonstator.

On this blog hop there are over 40 blogs for you to visit. Each one will show a different project. Now you can go in the draw to win some great blog candy by visiting all these blogs. What you need to do is stop by EACH one and leave a comment on EACH blog. Then email Leonie at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to let her know you have completed the hop and have left a comment with everyone. Now I would suggest you grab a drink now because you are going to be here for a while, but I’m sure you will come away with lots of inspiration!!!

Now on to my project. I am using the “Happy Moments” set. This is a lovely set with lots of different images and greetings for many occasions. When I first saw this set, this idea popped into my head and I don’t usually do “arty” style cards.

This is the card:

I stamped “French Script” background stamp in Creamy Caramel on Very Vanilla Card. Stamped Baroque Motifs swirl in Chocolate Chip over the card (Don’t you just love that Set!!). I sponged around the edge in Chocolate Chip ink. I inked the Birdcage stamp with Chocolate Chip and Tempting Turquoise markers and stamped it on scrap card and cut it out and mounted it with mounting tape. I stamped the greeting in Chocolate Chip, punched it out with the Word Window Punch and sponged the edges. I added 2 silver brads and raised that with dimensionals. I wrapped twine around the brads and wrapped it around the card. This card was mounted on Chocolate Chip card base.

I stamped up the inside too.

I made a matching tag:

This is similar to the card. I inked up the birdcage in Tempting Turquoise and mounted that with mounting tape. I still think maybe I should do the cage in Chocolate Chip???? I scalloped the edge of Tempting Turquoise card and adhered that piece under the Vanilla card. The greeting was stamped in Chocolate Chip and punched out with the word window punch. I added one silver brad to it. I punched out a circle in Tempting Turquoise and adhered this at the top, punched a hole using the Crop-a-dile and threaded through some more twine.

Now catch your breath and you can move on to Julie’s blog and see her wonderful creations. Don’t forget to leave a comment first to enter the draw to win some great “candy”!!!!

I hope you enjoyed your visit, please come again!!! 🙂

cards

A FRIEND FOR YOU!!

January 18, 2010January 18, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Ok, so I’m still catching up on a few cards. It is good to have holiday time to do them. I have had these stamped images on my desk for soooooo long, it is a bit ridiculous. I have pulled them out a few times but just couldn’t seem to get it together. So I thought the time had come to get it out of the way. I was trying to go for a ‘shabby chic’ style. Not sure if I achieved that!!!! I was pleased with the final result though.